Mary Name Popularity

How popular is Mary?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Mary, ranked the 126th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Mary has been a top 250 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #1 for the first time in 1880 and as recently as 1961.

The name was given to the greatest number of children in 1921 with 73,985 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Mary was 2,327 in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1881-1884, 1885-1888, 1889-1892, 1893-1896, 1897-1900, and 1901-1921, the name Mary took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1927-1933, and 1954-1976 were years of successive downward movement.

Mary's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Mary lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Mary?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Mary is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Mary is much less frequently used as a given name.

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Mary (Girl)

Mary (Boy)

Year

%

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

2018

2,327

126

< 5

--

2017

2,402

126

< 5

--

2016

2,508

127

< 5

--

2015

2,631

123

< 5

--

2014

2,632

120

5

13,315

2013

2,651

118

< 5

--

2012

2,576

121

6

11,731

2011

2,706

112

< 5

--

2010

2,871

109

5

13,549

2009

3,163

102

< 5

--

2008

3,499

96

< 5

--

2007

3,686

93

10

7,968

2006

4,091

80

10

7,801

2005

4,459

72

10

7,470

2004

4,810

62

31

3,190

2003

5,017

59

9

7,618

2002

5,463

51

12

5,946

2001

5,732

49

13

5,560

2000

6,198

46

10

6,652

1999

6,374

45

11

5,910

1998

6,458

45

14

4,797

1997

6,644

46

13

4,854

1996

6,961

44

16

4,122

1995

7,455

40

13

4,703

1994

7,752

37

10

5,743

1993

8,120

37

18

3,593

1992

8,458

36

25

2,789

1991

8,760

38

32

2,274

1990

8,667

35

45

1,770

1989

8,644

38

74

1,263

1988

8,510

34

48

1,540

1987

8,395

37

69

1,158

1986

8,506

37

47

1,467

1985

9,244

35

67

1,143

1984

9,290

33

56

1,232

1983

9,897

32

57

1,211

1982

10,855

30

73

1,068

1981

11,045

27

67

1,119

1980

11,474

26

52

1,302

1979

10,561

24

65

1,112

1978

10,043

24

61

1,130

1977

10,659

21

52

1,233

1976

10,318

22

62

1,064

1975

10,967

19

66

1,017

1974

11,738

13

61

1,058

1973

12,316

14

54

1,116

1972

13,761

13

74

933

1971

16,697

9

86

879

1970

19,203

9

99

815

1969

19,851

8

108

755

1968

21,725

6

101

744

1967

25,313

4

127

665

1966

28,884

3

108

716

1965

34,270

2

136

642

1964

40,990

2

134

667

1963

41,550

2

137

670

1962

43,486

2

158

614

1961

47,680

1

167

613

1960

51,475

1

169

604

1959

54,474

1

170

597

1958

55,857

1

141

650

1957

61,094

1

183

572

1956

61,756

1

144

632

1955

63,165

1

147

615

1954

68,007

1

169

566

1953

64,379

1

146

598

1952

65,634

2

159

555

1951

65,721

2

161

536

1950

65,481

2

119

634

1949

66,864

2

169

512

1948

68,597

2

164

514

1947

71,687

2

184

496

1946

67,467

1

186

470

1945

59,283

1

198

426

1944

62,467

1

253

377

1943

66,169

1

254

384

1942

63,254

1

276

363

1941

58,040

1

315

329

1940

56,203

1

303

328

1939

54,901

1

272

341

1938

56,215

1

284

331

1937

55,645

1

288

321

1936

54,372

1

293

312

1935

55,069

1

276

329

1934

56,929

1

302

313

1933

55,509

1

318

298

1932

59,874

1

330

305

1931

60,296

1

325

306

1930

64,146

1

340

308

1929

63,508

1

327

306

1928

66,872

1

294

330

1927

70,639

1

283

345

1926

67,832

1

272

352

1925

70,591

1

260

368

1924

73,534

1

224

412

1923

71,638

1

203

425

1922

72,173

1

186

450

1921

73,985

1

187

451

1920

70,982

1

195

430

1919

65,838

1

154

482

1918

67,366

1

169

457

1917

64,281

1

159

448

1916

61,438

1

164

437

1915

58,187

1

159

430

1914

45,345

1

127

425

1913

36,642

1

126

375

1912

32,304

1

118

350

1911

24,390

1

98

262

1910

22,848

1

99

238

1909

19,259

1

80

248

1908

18,665

1

79

236

1907

17,580

1

70

252

1906

16,370

1

76

225

1905

16,067

1

68

239

1904

14,961

1

58

252

1903

14,275

1

63

230

1902

14,486

1

56

249

1901

13,136

1

58

231

1900

16,706

1

75

233

1899

13,172

1

50

236

1898

14,406

1

50

251

1897

13,413

1

63

211

1896

13,811

1

57

242

1895

13,446

1

47

261

1894

13,151

1

48

251

1893

12,784

1

55

232

1892

13,172

1

50

251

1891

11,703

1

39

259

1890

12,078

1

35

293

1889

11,648

1

41

262

1888

11,754

1

50

248

1887

9,888

1

47

237

1886

9,889

1

32

305

1885

9,128

1

38

271

1884

9,217

1

36

293

1883

8,012

1

32

292

1882

8,148

1

30

314

1881

6,919

1

29

301

1880

7,065

1

27

332

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.